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  1. Tell me about your MOTORCYCLES

    in Summer Carving

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    '09 Kawasaki 1400 Concours. with aftermarket exhaust and computer flash. This set-up gives it 102+ lbs of torque and 165 HP to the ground. It's SCARY fast & powerful. Although I have slowed down some, (in my advancing age), I still LOVE a "spirited" ride through the twisties. 

    It's my asphalt carving tool of choice.....

    2020 Kawasaki KLX 250 Dual sport With exhaust and ECU mods..... of course

    I also practice and firmly believe in AGATT,  (all gear all the time)

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  2. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

    Posted

    On 5/14/2020 at 8:13 AM, slopestar said:

    We will go be going next year. I’m thinking we will drive our Truck Camper our there. Count Katie and I in on the shenanigans. 

    I just ordered a Virus Mono. I told him that I want a Mono that carves like my skis. Frank said it will be Super Carvy, it will have Carbon and the same base as his competition boards. He said in an email...

                             "it will be super fast and I will need fireproof underwear to ride it !"  🤪 

    Sounds perfect, to me...

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  3. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

    Posted

    On 5/5/2020 at 11:44 PM, Odd Job said:

    Someting in the rear heel lip. Not sure what it's called; it's what the rear binding bail goes over. I tend to cause fractures there. Not safe for riding.

    not to mention the broken parts above the shoulders...

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    Heard it in the lift line - 2019/2020

    in Carving Central

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    Riding my LaCroix Skwal @ Mt. Ashland a couple days ago. First lifty tells me I can't ride with only 1 ski on. Still dubious after I pointed out the second binding and made me wait while he called his supervisor... Get to the top and lifty did a full stop thinking I dropped my other ski.

    Had another Lifty seriously question my "homemade" ski and tried to bar me from riding. I googled Skwals to show him that they actually do exist. 

    Clipping in at the top in front of a snowboard lesson group several of them wondered what in the world my Skwal is. The instructor confidently informed them it was a very old school "UniSki" 

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  8. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

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    Got in my first turns, today, since MCC. Mt Ashland finally got a few inches. Great day. Felt confident and strong. Got in some of the best turns this season. Even got a couple thousand vert on my LaCroix Skwal. Waiting for the under binding "Protection" plates from Ace. Next time up I'll ride the Ace Skwal. 

    Sure was cool to ride with the LCI @ Turner. I miss riding with a posse. It's hard to trench out a run by myself...

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  9. End of season blues

    in Carving Central

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    I go "carving" on my Kawasaki Concours 1400. 0-60 in around 2.5 sec, 10 sec 1/4 mile, 165 hp to the ground. 

    Not stock 700 lb. shaft drive beast of a twistys carver. Guaranteed to put a smile on my face and an occasional stain in my shorts... 

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  13. Monoskis are cool again?

    in The Lodge

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    9 hours ago, BlueB said:

    Alpine board mounted as a monoski still carves great: 

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    I've never tried a real monoski, though... Some that I see at Cypress have too much of pintail design and not enough sidecut. 

    BlueB Are you coming to Montucky ? I'll have a few "real"Mono's with side cut that you could try. I have 1 that has a 14M sidecut that has bail bindings and would accommodate an Alpine boot. I'll also have a Custom Donek AF Plate with Bomber skiboard bail bindings that you could mount on any of your Alpine boards to ride them Mono style. 

  14. Monoskis are cool again?

    in The Lodge

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    6 hours ago, Corran said:

    When I used to work as a patroller at a small North Carolina mountain I got bored, so I started to monoski.

    Monoski's combine perfectly all the disadvantages of snowboarding with all the disadvantages of skiing, without any of the advantages of either 😉

    But it was a challenge to try to master it anyway.

    Without the advantages of either ??? I have ridden the Mono since 2004. 2nd, 3rd and 4th runs, (ever),were on black runs, double blacks on subsequent runs.  I feel it COMBINES the best of both worlds. The advantage of a board, the advantage of facing forward, the advantage of poles, the advantage of not having to clip in & out and the advantage of a releasable binding.

     I can leave quite a trench when on a carving board. I have 10M to 18M carving boards, Both manufactured Mono and Alpine boards mounted Mono. I have a Donek AF plate with side x side 4 X 4 inserts for Bomber skiboard bindings so I can ride any Alpine board as a Mono. i've been riding with the "LCI" for the last 9 or 10 years and I can almost match them turn for turn. 

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  15. WTB Monoski

    in Want to Buy

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    On 1/10/2020 at 11:08 AM, packman75 said:

    interesting, thank you BlueB!  I think what I'll end up doing is just mounting regular bindings to a board. I'd like to get a cheap mono to start before I go and drop $500+ on a new one. So, it'd work fine to just find a used alpine board, plug up the old holes and just mount up some ski bindings on it?  Is it 100% necessary to use an adapter plate if I'm using alpine bindings? 

     

    Also interested in anyone that has a used mono set up.

    I have a few Mono's for sale. mainly carving boards.

    first one would be $350 with a plate/bail binding set-up, (178) 14M sidecut, Square tail not much good in the deep.   

    The other is a Coda V 2 without bindings for $200. It has 4x4 inserts for a Bomber ski binding. or a SnowPro skwal binding.

    I also have a Donek F Plate that has regular 4x4 inserts for snowboard bindings AND side by side 4x4 inserts with a set of Bomber skiboard bindings on it. $300. That would allow you to mount it to any Alpine board to ride it as a Mono.

    Last one is a New Coda Maverick, (185) with a normal "Demo" ski binding. 14M sidecut. Carving/all mountain/powder board. $450 It is a very unique shape that has a short effective edge on firm and the advantage of all 185 cm in fresh.  It has maybe 5 runs on it. 

    PM with a phone number for pics and or discussion.

  16. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

    Posted

    18 hours ago, big mario said:

    I know...  Scared myself as I came up parallel to one of my trenches. Managed to tighten up.and get away from that tank trap. Had to check my knickers after that one.  Tweaked my ribs a bit when my trailing hand dropped into someone's previous trench. Might have been one of mine.  Severiously trencherous shit right there.

    Mario

    Severiously trencherous shit...

      I LOVE it !   That should be a bumper sticker

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  18. Colorado trip... and I have some question [Liners]

    in Colorado

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    55 minutes ago, lonbordin said:

    Hey ASB'ers who live in the great state of Colorado I'm coming your way 21-27 Jan.  I'm going to be boarding at some hill the 25th & 26th.

    Due to my Epic pass I'll probably be at Beaver or Breck... I've done Keystone...  Anyway who cares?!  That's not the point... The point is to avoid the Keystone speed cops!

    Point is I'd ideally like to purchase some liners in person for my UPZs.  My old DeeLuxe liners are starting to fall apart and lack structure. I'm getting nervous that I'll be out there with a couple of pairs of wool socks as my liner! :eek:

    I'll be in Denver (for training) is there any shops in the area I could visit that might satisfy my desires?  Preferably hard core ski race shops... they seem to have what I need more than other shops.

    In case there isn't any place to visit in Denver where should I go in the front range?

    What I'm looking for... LOW volume, tongue style*, thin firm sole.  *ok maybe the right overlap could sell me... I do have a high instep.

    -high-end race ski boot liners (29/29.5)

    -a giant selection of every freakin' Intuition that's ever been made (OK Palau is fine too)

    -High end Foamers

    -Maybe a Zip-fit dealer

    Throw up your ideas :barf:

    Mahalo!

     

    PS- If anyone with LCI tattooed in a conspicuous place want's to tell me how to purchase a cheap Lovey ticket I'll take a day at Loveland over Breck any day.  I just dig old slow lifts.  :freak3:😉

    Larry's in Boulder does a good job. I would call about what liners they carry first, though. Best day for the LCI is Sundays. Upstairs around 7:30 AM they can get a discounted ticket with their pass. Also check Craigslist for unused 4 pack tickets. 

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  19. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

    Posted

    Well I got in day 4 last Monday. managed 4K vertical. not much but I hadn't broke 3K yet. Ankle is still hurting plenty. That and Planter Fasciitis makes being clamped down in a ski boot a painful experience. I might be ridin the pine  a lot at Turner, but, I'll be there...

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  23. Skwal Riders General Discussion

    in Skwal

    Posted · Edited by monodude

    On 11/16/2019 at 7:01 PM, Peter said:

    Good morning or whatever it is wherever you are. Have been Monoing for a few years and guess I could consider myself at about crap level now but always keen to make an idiot of myself so have been looking for a Skwal to try. 

    The problem is that I ski on the wrong side of the pond and usually can only manage a couple of weeks a year. Pre loved, pre owned or just plain old second hand Skwals are about as rare as hens teeth in Europe so was wondering if anyone had any contacts or knowledge of any available over this neck of the woods. I did find one stateside earlier this year but shipping cost was pretty scary.

    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Cheers, Peter

    Hello from Oregon Peter. I have a 173 Thias Skwal  Free Ride that I would let go for $200 USD. I have no idea what shipping is to you. It does have bindings on it. I rode it 1 time after a full tune.

    Don

  25. Any Mt Shasta carvers on the forum?

    in Northern California

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    On 2/8/2019 at 6:42 AM, trikerdad said:

    In the early Ninety's, when I first started carving, there 20 to to 25 carvers that rode Mt Shasta.  At least 5 would show up on any given day.  For the last couple of years I've been by my lonesome.  Since I retired I don't go on weekends, which might be part of the problem.  Yesterday, Thursday the 7th, was an awesome carving day but, after a half dozen runs with no one to share the fun with, I packed up and went home.  Just wondering if there are any other hard booters riding Shasta that I could meet up with sometime.

    Hello from southern Oregon. I will be riding Mt. Ashland this winter. Hope to meet another carver there. I will probably come down to Shasta a time or 2. I don't ride a snowboard, but, I love carving on a Mono, Skwal, or my Virus skis. Been hanging out with the (LCI) carvers @ Loveland, Colorado for the last 7 or 8 years.

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